The headline asks the question so what do you think, is it time to hit the panic button yet?

West Ham are now the only team in the top four divisions in England that are without a point heading into the international break thanks to their latest loss, this time at the hands of newly-promoted Wolves.

Adama Traore's injury-time winner, as Wolves pounced on a Carlos Sanchez mistake, was probably a fair result in truth as apart from a seven or eight minute spell in the second half, Manuel Pellegrini's side were never at it.

Had Marko Arnautovic not been denied by Rui Patricio's face midway through the second period then things might have turned out differently, the first goal was always going to be crucial and Wolves got it for themselves at the very best time imaginable.

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Wolves hadn't won a top-flight game since 2012 but they asserted themselves as the dominant side in east London from about the fifth minute onwards. Felipe Anderson had fired an early shot wide but the home side regressed badly after that.

West Ham were ponderous, insipid, devoid of ideas, lacking sharpness and couldn't pass the ball. That's not going to get the job done in this league and for the most part they were indebted to the excellent Issa Diop and solid Fabian Balbuena for keeping them in the game.

Lukasz Fabianski as well made three crucial saves to keep it at 0-0 but even he'll be livid at being beaten at his near post for Traore's goal.

So, is it time to hit the panic button?

There was one area the new manager and director of football Mario Husillos needed to address in the summer transfer window - centre midfield. Jack Wilshere has come in but has looked off the pace in all four games. Cheikhou Kouyate was sold to Crystal Palace, Carlos Sanchez - whose error gifted Wolves their winner - was brought in to much scepticism in the first place.

Wilshere and Sanchez were completely dominated by Neves and Joao Moutinho on Saturday, it was an absolute mismatch and not strengthening that area of the park is an enormous oversight from the management team.

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On the flip side however, these opening seven games have been pretty brutal in terms of opposition and it doesn't get any easier as the Hammers play Chelsea, Man Utd and Everton after the international break.

It was always going to take time for the new signings to settle in but West Ham can't carry £42m Felipe Anderson for every three games that he puts in one good one to compensate for. Wilshere looks way below the standards he has previously set, Sanchez has had one game and one poor one, Lucas Perez wasn't even in the 18 for the Wolves game.

Pellegrini has a fortnight off now to look for the answer. He's being paid pretty handsomely for this job and has been backed with the players he wanted to sign so it's down to him to make it work.

We can excuse the defeat to Liverpool as that was as tough an opener as it gets, maybe Arsenal too despite the fact West Ham were the better side, but to lose both of their home games was not in the script. The natives were restless during the game against Nuno Espirto Santo's men, that'll only get worse if things don't pick up.